I don’t think I gave The Local Vine a ringing endorsement. Overall, we liked it. However, even though we lived mere steps away for almost a year, I think we only ate there two or three times, so it certainly wasn’t a favorite. I think I pointed out the reasons why.

If there had been blinds I could have closed at Cafe Juanita, I certainly would have closed them, but we weren’t sitting next to the window, other people were. I don’t think that they would have appreciated it. You are right that we maybe should have insisted on another table, but the staff should also have been more accommodating when we first complained instead of insisting that were at the best table.

One thing that you need to pay attention with in my reviews is that the more expensive a restaurant is, the more I expect from the experience there. Cafe Juanita would be an amazing restaurant if they were less expensive. If they are going to charge at the high end of the Seattle restaurant spectrum they had better match the food quality of the other restaurants in their class. We have eaten there a couple times and were never overly impressed with the quality of their food. Maybe we were there on off nights, but we paid the same amount as if we were there on a great night, so it is a failure of the restaurant.

I don’t try to make objective comparisons between restaurants based solely on the food. I absolutely take the price of a meal and the ambiance into consideration. I wouldn’t compare the Local Vine and Canlis, nor would I compare it to Cafe Juanita. It doesn’t make any sense.

“maybe you just like going out to eat food, maybe you don’t know what your eating, how it was made, and why it is being served.”

This is a rude and ignorant statement and somewhat insulting. Assuming that I didn’t know what I was eating, how it was made, or why it was being served, what difference would that make? Do I need to spend a couple years at culinary school before I am allowed to enjoy a meal? That is a ridiculous comment.

There are far better restaurants in the same price class as Cafe Juanita and Canlis. I think the only reason they exist is because of their location in Cafe Juanita’s case and their reputation in Canlis’ case. In both of my posts about those restaurants, I think I made myself clear on that.